Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump's incoming administration to improve relations if the U.S. has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first move, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

The long-range missiles provided by the United States and Britain were used to strike inside Russian territory, despite concerns that their use would escalate the conflict. Kyiv’s stockpiles are running out.

With Russia's war on Ukraine threatening to spread, and violence in the Middle East escalating, Donald Trump has raised the prospect of the United States purchasing Greenland, annexing Canada somehow,

The treaty will "formalize the parties' commitment to close defense cooperation," Russia's foreign minister said in late October.

But not everyone is sure that President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada and Greenland and reclaiming the Panama Canal is driven by a deeper strategy.

The past 12 months have seen the globe rocked by conflicts and major shifts in power, but as the new year beckons, Foreign Editor David Pratt

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine.

In recent weeks, elected US President Donald Trump has been contemplating the idea of seizing Greenland, returning the Panama Canal, and proposing making Canada the 51st state. These statements may be related to his policy of countering Russia and China,